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Regardless of the weather, if students at Hullett Central
Public School can run, they will play soccer. Monday was no
different as, at recess, students took to the soccer field on
the east end of the school property to have a game. Shown
is Wyatt Hoggart sliding for the ball while Brady Finch tries
to stay upright. (Denny Scott photo)
THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2017. PAGE 19.
North Huron Council approves
Memorial Hall budget increase
By Denny Scott
The Citizen
The budget for the renovations at
Blyth Memorial Community Hall
through Blyth Arts and Cultural
Initiative 14/19 Inc. has grown once
again.
North Huron Council approved a
new $4.1 million project budget,
which has increased several times
since it was announced in 2013,
though the increased spending did
generate comments.
In a report to council on Feb. 6,
Director of Recreation and Facilities
Pat Newson explained the cost of the
ongoing renovations has increased
to $4,127,901.32 from the most
recent $3.8 million budget. The
additional funding will come from
14/19 Inc. and won't impact North
Huron's budget.
The increase in funding was a
result of project expenses exceeding
the $150,000 contingency fund that
had been set by the project. All the
changes that had resulted in the
original budget not being sufficient
have been approved by the Blyth
Memorial Hall Renovation
Committee which includes members
from the township, the Blyth Centre
for the Arts, 14/19, the Blyth Legion
and the Blyth Legion Ladies
Auxiliary.
Councillor Bill Knott asked if
there was a specific part of the
project that was causing the more -
than $300,000 increase in the budget
and Newson said it was a number of
smaller items.
"There will be 50 change orders
when the project is done, ranging in
prices," she said. "We're fortunate in
that we're not making tough
decisions or leaving parts of the
project out to pay for structuring and
wiring and key priorities. We can
add things on the technical side of
the theatre and other issues brought
to the renovation committee because
of the extra funds made available
through donations [obtained by
14/19 Inc.]"
Councillor Ray Hallahan wasn't
pleased with the request, saying that,
between the budget increase and the
contingency fund, there was more
than $400,000 in increases in the
budget.
Newson explained the project
could be completed in the original
$3.8 million budget, but she felt the
end result would be disappointing
due to aspects of the project left out.
She said the total budget for the
project sits at $4,013,560.15 and that
the remaining would be contingency.
She also said that more funds are
being brought in through avenues
like private donations and the Blyth
Festival's seat sale.
Deputy -Reeve James Campbell
and Councillor Trevor Seip were
both more interested in the financing
of the project than the increase in the
budget. Campbell asked if the funds
Bears hibernating in Huron says Trick
Animal Control Officer Bob Trick
says bears are using Huron County
for hibernation, which may require
vigilance in April.
At Central Huron Council's Feb. 6
meeting, Trick told councillors that
he felt bears were hibernating in the
municipality and beyond, along the
lakeshore. He said they enter
hibernation around the beginning of
November and that hibernation
typically lasts six months, so by the
time April rolls around, bears may
be awaking and wandering the shore
of Lake Huron after a long winter's
sleep.
Trick was at the meeting to
present his annual report, which
included 10 bear sightings over the
course of the year.
When councillors asked Trick if
there is anything the municipality
can do, he said there isn't. He and
other authorities will simply have to
Long-time Festival
designer passes away
John Ferguson, who designed the
sets for several of the Blyth
Festival's most iconic productions,
has died. He was 71.
Among the plays for which
Ferguson designed the sets was the
world premiere of Anne Chislett's
Governor General's Award-winning
Quiet In The Land in 1981. He also
designed the 2003 Stratford Festival
production of the same play, one of
20 productions he designed for
Stratford during his long career.
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Ferguson designed for theatres
from the Neptune Theatre in Halifax
to the Pacific Opera in Victoria, as
well as the National Arts Centre,
Shaw Festival, Mirvish Productions,
the Canadian Opera Company and
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The winner of several awards,
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come out of hibernation this spring.
In Central Huron throughout
2016, Trick said he took care of 70
sick raccoons, which is high, but
follows the trend of rising cases in
Huron County. He said that the
leading causes of the incidents were
distemper and roundworms.
Throughout the year he also
collected 54 goose eggs, caught 23
dogs, caught five skunks at the
Regional Equine and Agricultural
Centre of Huron (REACH) and was
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were available, to which Newson
said yes, there is more than $4
million in the bank for the project,
and Seip asked if North Huron's
$500,000 contribution was going to
increase. Newson said North Huron
is only expected to contribute
$500,000.
Knott said he felt the municipality
was lucky that the financing was in
place.
"I'd like to remind you that we
started with about $1.2 million
[raised by 14/19 last year]," he said.
"We're very fortunate that we have
$4 million and we have that money
in the bank. This is just
housekeeping to allocate the funds
and make sure staff can issue
cheques."
Knott said council wasn't going to
"cheap up now" since they aren't
paying for the majority of the
project.
The new budget was approved.
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